8 sentences with 'attempts'
Example sentences and phrases with the word attempts and other words derived from it.
• « In view of the fact that attempts to give up cigarettes (or pipes, or cigars) by mere will and without outside advice are very difficult - and doubtful - a series of techniques and aids have been developed. These include »
• « Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is the technique that attempts to restart breathing and heart pumping using mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (blowing into the mouth) and cardiac compression (rhythmic pressure on the chest). »
• « Having learned at Johns Hopkins University through sometimes failed attempts that I would devote my life to fiction writing, I entered the teaching profession for lack of alternatives. »
• « After several attempts, I finally manage to transfer a pizza, prepared with the margherita ingredients, from the table to a wooden paddle. »
• « Therefore, this textbook attempts to present a balanced account of the major developments in the West over the last 10,000 years or so. »
• « This textbook attempts to address at least some of those stories, but here it will be found wanting by many. »
• « This textbook attempts to use political history as, again, a starting point for considering the events, people, movements and ideas that changed the world at the time and continue to exert an influence on the present. »
• « The Egyptian goddess Isis, who was at the heart of the largest mystery cult in the entire Mediterranean region, was so popular among women and men that repeated attempts to purge her cult from Rome as socially disruptive failed utterly. »